II. Content
This article examines the role of the Indian population in German East Africa at the outbreak of the Maji Maji rebellion, taking Kilwa District as an example. The author holds the high debts of "natives" at Indian shops and the smuggling of arms and ammunition by Indian traders responsible for the uprising. To support his argument, he draws historical comparisons with the uprising in German East Africa in 1895, as well as cases of smuggling where Indians and British citizens were involved. Finally, he suggests three future measures to be taken to prevent rebellions such as that of the Maji Maji: credit regulation for "natives", strict control of Indian trading behaviour and prohibition of trade in arms and ammunition for non-Europeans.


III. Further Remarks
The increasing envy of German merchants and their fear of losing their leading position to the economic power of Indian trading companies is evident in many of the articles in the Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Zeitung. The Maji Maji rebellion provided an opportunity to publish anti-Indian propaganda, which argued that Indian trading practices were one of the major causes of the uprising, and that some Indians had personally encouraged the rebellious population.
Further articles published about this issue include: (see also annotations 29, 30, 31)

• Author: Anonymous
  Title: Aus der Kolonie. Ueber den Pulververkauf im Bezirk Lindi
  Source: Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Zeitung, Bd. VII, Nr. 47, 25.11.1905
• Author: Anonymous
  Title: Aus der Kolonie. Landesverrathsprozeß in Kilwa
  Source: Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Zeitung, Bd. VIII, Nr. 1, 06.01.1906
• Author: Anonymous
  Title: Zum Landesverrathsprozeß in Kilwa
  Source: Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Zeitung, Bd. VIII, Nr. 2, 13.01.1906

IV. Index
Persons:
Hassan bin Omar - (Hauptmann) Merker

Groups:
Wadonde

Places:
(Bezirk) Kilwa - (Bezirk) Lindi - Muansa [Mwanza] - Samanga

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